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Ukube QSO
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 24 Jun '16

24 Jun '16

Had a nice first QSO on Ukube-1 with Rick W2JAZ/3, It was the first time I operated on the UKube-1 transponder! I got to say the transponder is quite stable compared to Funcube-1's probably due to it being a 3U cubesat. Are qso was only interuppted once by the satellites CW telemetry decensing the uplink of transponder, but other than that it works very well! During our QSO we were the only ones on the bird and the signal on the meter was a solid 57. Thanks for the QSO Rick W2JAZ and see on FD and more people should get on and work this new bird! Nick, KE8AKW

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SWAYAM TLE
by Roland Zurmely 24 Jun '16

24 Jun '16

Perfect Doppler correction for SWAYAM using object 2016-040J in tle-new.txt ! 73 de Roland

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Fwd: Got Grids Award Correctio
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 24 Jun '16

24 Jun '16

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "wa4hfn" <wa4hfn(a)comcast.net> To: "Grid gol" <starcom-bb(a)star-com.net> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2016 10:42:45 AM Subject: Got Grids Award Congratulations to K6FW Frank Westphal for the Got Grids Award #16 For more info on these free awards go to www.starcommgroup.org These awards are free we only ask that you make a donation to Amsat if you can. Thank you WA4HFN EM55ab Damon Runion Memphis,TN

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FUNcube-1 weekend operations
by Graham Shirville 24 Jun '16

24 Jun '16

Hi All, I am pleased to confirm that FUNcube-1 is now operating in continuous amateur mode with the transponder active for the weekend. It is available for everyone to use! 73 Graham G3VZV

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Sathyabamasat Keps Update
by JoAnne Maenpaa 24 Jun '16

24 Jun '16

Forwarding a message received at the AMSAT Office. Keps sent by the Sathyabamasat team leader: I am Dr.K.vasanth, team leader for sathyabamasat. please find the TLE of sathyabamasat that was launched in PSLV c34 on 22 june 2016 by ISRO SATHYABAMASAT 1 99995U 16040Z 16175. 20805119 -.00000069 00000-0 00000+0 0 9993 2 99995 97.5054 234.3601 0013199 239.3342 211.7362 15.18710336 154 Kindly track our satellite and send me the tracked results if possible. E-mail vasanthecek(a)gmail.com Thank you for the help regards Dr.k.vasanth -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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GOT GRIDS AWARD
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 24 Jun '16

24 Jun '16

Congratulations to W6FW Frank Westphal for the Got Grids Award #16 For more info on these free awards go to www.starcommgroup.org These awards are free we only ask that you make a donation to Amsat if you can. Thank you WA4HFN EM55ab Damon Runion Memphis,TN

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Phase-4A Geo Transponder Video and PDF Leaflet
by M5AKA 24 Jun '16

24 Jun '16

Phase-4A Geostationary Amateur Radio Transponder Video and new transponder leaflet available at https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/24/phase-4a-transponder-video/ India launches ham radio satellites https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/22/india-launches-ham-radio-satellites/ Amateur Satellites at Skills Night https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/21/amateur-satellites-skills-night/ AMSAT-UK Colloquium – Final Call for Speakers https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/21/colloquium-final-call-for-speakers/ K1D to Operate Satellites on Field Day https://amsat-uk.org/2016/06/19/k1d-to-operate-satellites-on-field-day/ This year's AMSAT-UK Colloquium takes place July 29-31 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford and is open to all https://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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Ukube QSO
by Richard Lawn 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

Just had my first excellent qso with KE8AKW, Nick, on the new bird and I was very pleased and surprised with the quality of the signal. I think we were the only ones on t the end of the day Thursday and were interrupted only once or twice by what seems to be strong wide and telemetry. I can never remember a time when satellite operation has been better (aside from the AO40 days) with so many active birds! Rick, W2JAZ/3 -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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Solar Eclipse Reservations 2017 AMSAT
by Robert Bruninga 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

AMSAT, If you plan on going to a special place between Oregon to South Carolina along the line of Solar Eclipse TOTALITY, better make your reservations now. (21 Aug 2017). I just tried a few cabins and resorts in west kentucky and they were all booked. So I gave up and called up my sister in North Georgia and said "Family reunion at your place next August 21, 2017! Not sure what AMSAT interest there is, but any satelliite with a camera on it should try to get ready to take a shot of the eclipse on the ground. A once in a lifetime opportunity. On APRS we are probably going to encourage people to post ECLIPSE objects when they are at totality so everyone can see it move across the country in real time on their APRS radios. DX'ers will probably be out in force too.. Bob, WB4APR

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Swayan
by PY5LF 23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16

Reception of Swayan beacon . https://youtu.be/XtNDMskAFiM 73

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